Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day.
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We can learn from others mistakes and efforts
to prevent poisoning.
Getting what you
pay for; how do you know?
Some HVAC
businesses fail to pull a permit or get
equipment inspected, where permits and inspections are required. One recent
report suggested over 80% of new furnaces purchased in a metropolitan area were
installed without permits pulled or inspections occurring.
Some companies
don’t pull permits to have a lower bid and get the
work. Some do this because they lack confidence in having their work examined.
Some do it because they know they are cutting corners and doing it wrong, but
don’t care. Some are proud to declare that “A permit or inspection is not
required here. We don’t need an inspection.” Some just don’t want anybody
telling them what to do.
And the people
buying these HVAC services? Do they know a
permit and inspection is required? How well informed is the residential or
commercial consumer? Are they conspiring with the HVAC business to “stick it to
the man” and ignore compliance or just ignorant of the law, code or ordinance? Should
they have that much trust in “the low bidder”?
Combustion
systems like furnaces, boilers, cooking systems, fireplaces, space heaters
and domestic water heaters can be installed to operate with minimal carbon
monoxide production and to safely vent the products of combustion out of the
breathable air. If you do not have your appliances tested and adjusted for
minimal CO generation and safe combustion gas exhausting, you are taking a
risk.
The servicing
of combustion appliances by today’s informed, trained and
professionally certified heating technician or fitter will include full
function measurement of fuel flow and leaks, flue gas measurement that includes
temperature, oxygen and/or carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. With some fuels
and in some jurisdictions, the measurement of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide
and nitrogen dioxide may be required.
There is no
way for a technician to know they have left a combustion
appliance in safe operation without thoroughly testing it. The use of a multi
functional combustion analyzer or a combination of test instruments can easily
accomplish this task. Test or guess, it is your choice. Do not take
risks with carbon monoxide.
Take
responsibility for the air you breathe and the combustion systems you
are responsible for. If you don’t do it for yourself, do it for others.
Help prevent injuries and deaths; don’t
guess about carbon monoxide
Measure carbon monoxide for safety and knowledge. The more you
test the more you learn. Measurement is continuing education at its best. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Boy, 16 dies; overheated frying pan
NL Times
Carbon monoxide was released, which caused the boy to suffocate. His body was found Sunday morning. The boy was staying in the home of family ...
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
The lowest U.L. 2034 & CSA 6.19 carbon monoxide alarm test point is:
- 70 PPM to 149 PPM –resist one hour, must alarm before 4 hours
Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions. Know when your fire department and emergency responders begin wearing their breathing apparatus and what their civilian evacuation levels are for carbon monoxide; it may be before 70 PPM. It is for pregnant women, infants & children, the elderly and all people of vulnerable health. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.
These following links may be of some use to you:
- 70 PPM to 149 PPM –resist one hour, must alarm before 4 hours
Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions. Know when your fire department and emergency responders begin wearing their breathing apparatus and what their civilian evacuation levels are for carbon monoxide; it may be before 70 PPM. It is for pregnant women, infants & children, the elderly and all people of vulnerable health. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.
These following links may be of some use to you:
-Alcoa Eagle Nest Camera
World population counter
- American Red Cross
- Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution
- Heart Rescue using an (AED)
- Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
- Federal Aviation Administration CO warning
- Carbon monoxide toxicity-Emergency Medicine Ireland
- Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.
- Carbon Monoxide detection- National Fire Protection Association
Increased education, awareness can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning Minnesota Department of Commerce
World population counter
- American Red Cross
- Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution
- Heart Rescue using an (AED)
- Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
- Federal Aviation Administration CO warning
- Carbon monoxide toxicity-Emergency Medicine Ireland
- Carbon Monoxide Survivor- Views from those who have been poisoned.
- Carbon Monoxide detection- National Fire Protection Association
Increased education, awareness can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning Minnesota Department of Commerce
· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.
National Conference of State Legislatures
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes
Twenty-eight U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Feb. 2014
Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida |Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan |Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York |North Carolina | Oregon | Pennsylvania |Rhode Island | Texas | Utah |Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia
Red Cross - Typhoon Appeal continues in the Philippines. Another please, with hopes of another thank you. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Red Cross - Disaster Relief to safely assist law enforcement, fire department, utility company, city, county and state authorities as repair and rebuilding moves forward. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Nationally, the Red Cross provides food and shelter to people affected by as many as 70,000 fires annually, or about one fire every eight minutes.
The following companies are acknowledged for their continued support of carbon monoxide safety education and this daily news blog. They may just have what you are looking for.
Fieldpiece Instruments
The Energy Conservatory
IntelliTec Colleges
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